Wolves Updates 5/22 E-mail
Written by SG   
Thursday, 22 May 2008
After their workout at the team's practice facility, Corey Brewer and Chris Richard talked to Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site about their offseason workouts and more. 
 
 
 
Gomes entered this offseason as a restricted free agent, hoping his year in Minnesota, in which he averaged 12.6 points and 5.8 rebounds in 82 games (74 starts), impressed the Timberwolves or another team. Until he knows where he's headed next season, Gomes will continue working on his game in his hometown of Waterbury, Conn.
 
He admits he should probably work on his golf game, too, since he will host the inaugural Hoops for Heart Health golf tournament June 17 at Southington (Conn.) Country Club. The tournament will benefit the nonprofit organization founded by Gomes to help deal with the problem of sudden cardiac arrest in high school, college, and professional sports.
 
 
 
The abiding point is, this third overall pick is a very valuable commodity. It is hard to totally screw it up, and possible to resurrect your franchise. Kevin McHale says he likes eight people in this draft and others have said it is very deep. If true, the Wolves should consider a trade, especially if the guy(s) they like is somewhat under the radar.
 
 
  
My favorite moment of the Lotto was when it was down to the T-Wolves and Bulls, and they opened the envelope and announced that the T-Wolves would have the third pick, which of course really meant that the T-Wolves would not have the first or second pick. The camera had a shot of each team’s representatives standing there as the order was announced, and T-Wolves exec Fred Hoiberg was clutching a teddy bear that given to him by a young fan who’d undergone many surgeries and used the bear as a good luck charm. When they announced that the Wolves ended up out of the Rose/Beasley race, I thought Hoiberg was going to rip the head off that teddy bear. Now that would’ve been fan-tastic.
 
  
 
What they should do: Draft Stanford center Brook Lopez, who would give the Wolves a big, athletic presence in the middle and allow Al Jefferson to play power forward, his natural position.
 
What they shouldn’t do: Draft USC guard O.J. Mayo, who has J.R. Rider written all over him. A Rider-type goofball is exactly what a young team doesn’t need, particularly one that already has a few questionable psyches (Rashad McCants comes immediately to mind).



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1. Written by nbafan#8, on 22-05-2008 17:19
Excuse me but to even think of comparing OJ Mayo and Isaiah Rider warrants Dave DeLand's DISMISSAL from the St.Cloud Times!! 
 
The only mistake OJ made is hiring the wrong agent and that's it. Anything else is strictly off-the-court issues which EVERY NBA Player deals with on a daily basis.

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